Hits In Germany, Flops In The U.K.

[@RobotoMA]

I'm shocked at how many ironic songs went unnoticed in the UK

[@PardoItalo]

As a Brit, me too

[@gnu_andrew]

Are you being sarcastic?

[@deineroehre]

@@gnu_andrew Why should he? For people actually liking music most of these are nice to listen to, so the UK missed some really good songs. Not all of these songs of course, but 80% should have been in the UK at least in the Top 10.

[@Ryuichi72]

I guess it was a referring to the typo “ironic” what should’ve been “iconic”

[@PardoItalo]

@@Ryuichi72 I'm always being iconic 💅

[@Eignerartig]

Most of these artists were from neither the UK nor other English speaking country. Scorpions, Rainbirds, Moti Special, Modern Talking, Sandra, Camouflage, Marusha, Pharao, Captain Jack, Kraftwerk and James Last were German artists. Yello was from Switzerland, Baltimora, Double You, Rocco Granata and Umberto Tozzi were from Italy. Earth & Fire, The Blue Diamonds and Luv' were from the Netherlands. Ottawan, Richard Clayderman and Amanda Lear were from France, Dr. Alban was from Sweden, Vangelis from Greece, Vaya Con Dios was from Belgium and a-ha were from Norway.

[@ropeburn6684]

Which means the UK's ignorance of anything from anywhere except English speaking countries - despite having English lyrics mostly - is amazing.

[@Eignerartig]

@@ropeburn6684 It also can mean that most of them were produced by record labels in their home countries that had less presence, less contacts and therefore less marketing and promotion possibilities in the UK than British labels would have.

[@Crushonius]

@@Eignerartig its actually the other way around the uk producers and publishers had kind of a monopoly on the music market and only the songs they allowed were played on tv radio and in clubs only the biggest hits from other countries were popular because people requested them on the radio it was basically a racket / organized crime only their songs were promoted to earn them as much money as possible that all worked really well because they were really isolated on that island until in the mid 90s the internet started poppin off and by the start of the new millenium it was basically over songs got popular naturally so the role of these shifty crooks got less and less important

[@unlockyourlocker6518]

And Talk talk is a Brit, such a shame.

[@marcusmetzkow7987]

It only shows why the german market is so important for the artists

[@christianschulze9853]

Let's face it: you can put Sandra's entire discography in these videos.

[@inotoni6148]

Sandra was also huge in Eastern Europe. Everyone in Romania knew every song she sang. At least in Transylvania, where the Hungarians lived.

[@borntoclimb7116]

Correct

[@Marc-zi5cq]

Absolutely! Complete 80s icon in Germany, France and many parts of Europe and beyond yet barely made a dent in the UK

[@uranusviol8or]

this is more like a "michael cretu phenomenon". his other projects (like moti special) didn't stand a chance in the uk either ;-)

[@christianschulze9853]

@@uranusviol8or Except for Enigma of course

[@giselasilva5415]

Some of these songs are iconic here in Portugal. That Ademius and Conquest of Paradise must have been number 1 for what felt like months!!

[@elrastrillo1]

Here, many of those songs that were successful in Germany were also heard in Chile. I am surprised that with the Internet, taste has become more distant between Europe and the Americas.

[@henner645]

what are you guys listening to nowadays?

[@ArmandoBellagio]

No, it actually makes sense since everything is tailored more now to specific markets I guess.

[@yossarian6799]

I had a girlfriend whose mother was from Chile and she used to tell me about being a teenager in Santiago in the 1970s. Despite hardly anyone speaking English, most of the songs on the radio were English-language hits and rest were the bigger artists from Spain and some local acts, with a few Italians thrown in here and there! She introduced me to two songs that were popular in Chile that I'd never heard of: "Jakaranda" by Lally Stott and "Wild Safari" by Barrabas. And she introduced me to old "Musica Libre" clips from Chilean television. I really enjoyed watching those teenagers dancing choreographed routines to the hits of the day and it was very interesting to see which songs were popular in Chile in at that time. Cyan "Mama Papa"... Giorgio Moroder "Arizona Man"... and Jungle Jim "Big Fat Oranguman" which the Musica Libre kids danced to at the Santiago zoo.

[@dtikvxcdgjbv7975]

Same here in Croatia, except few examples

[@Eluarelon]

It's funny how the songs in this video shift between: "How the heck could the Brits ignore that masterpiece?" and: "How the heck could we Germans make this piece of dung turn into a veritable hit? But then, the Brits had Oasis, so I think we were the lucky ones. :D

[@Silber7]

Yooo.

[@laberdude]

hab den Hype um Oasis nie verstanden.. was für eine Kacktruppe

[@gustavgnoettgen]

​@@laberdudeEtwa zwei Lieder waren gut. Also geschätzt vier vielleicht.

[@TomasUjhelyi]

Europeans did a lot of things right but europop is hot garbage

[@tigerfeet748]

Camouflage.. total Depeche Mode vibes..

[@1980Campino]

The Nickname of the Band was "The german Depeche Mode"

[@thisbambibites]

DM have always been considerably bigger in Continental Europe than I the UK.

[@thisbambibites]

*in the UK

[@wesleyvalk9129]

I’m glad I’m from the Netherlands, We got to enjoy the best from Germany, France, USA, U.K, Africa, Italy, Sweden, Australia and from our own little country, I would hate growing up in USA or UK and miss out on all these classics. Our top 40 only missed out on a couple of hits, Journey, Diana ross, Genesis, Dan Fogelberg, Bananarama, Boy meets Girl, to name a few, and most other hits of these artists did chart in the Netherlands.

[@AnnyD86]

Vengaboys 👍

[@LukeXMV]

Even better to be based in Central Europe and to enjoy songs from all over Europe not just the West.😂

[@wesleyvalk9129]

@@LukeXMV We also got hits from those countries though + we got all songs faster than other countries, the Netherlands were one of the first countries to get Africa from Toto in 1982 instead of 1983 or even 1984 like other countries.

[@publicminx]

most songs which are known in Germany are also known in the Netherland (and Austria, Switzerland etc.) and vice versa... there are a few exceptions but in general its a kind of similar cultural sphere ....

[@wesleyvalk9129]

@@publicminx I know, Sweden and Germany also had good charts, USA, France and UK on the other hand... no thank you.

[@publicminx]

one has to keep in mind that Germany was most of the time the 'travel master' country in the 20. century (and still today among the most traveling nation). And the likeminded countries around (Austria, German-Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Northern countries quite similar). This also means that many hits were also exported all the time to the traveling destinations all over the world as kind of additional source of publishing. Thats why you often have hits which are known in Europa AND Latin America, parts of Africa, Middle East and Asia but less for instance in the US, Canada or Australia. And some hits were also imported (or lets say got an additional push) - for instance from an Italian trip etc. Apart from that, there are also some hits which were not that high in the different charts but kept going all the time in the mainstream or bigger bubbles - and became iconic this way, which then creates over time the feeling they had to be a 'nr. 1' hit, because so famous! Its a bit like Star Trek. When it came out it was rather a flop - but over time it became iconic and mainstream knowledge.

[@careottjuice]

I always listen to German boomer radio on my way to work and these songs are playing everyday 😂

[@manuelbertram8785]

Wdr4?

[@stef8073]

"Please don't go" from "Double You" would not have been a flop in the UK. Unfortunately, an English record company not being able to distribute it in the UK, because it was already in concession to others, had an identical version made by KWS, boycotting the song of the Italian group on the market. Later they were convicted of plagiarism but by then the damage had been done. Then many Italian Eurodance songs were successful in Germany but not in the UK. (An example is Mo-Do's song "Eins, Zwei, Polizei") But also Italo Disco in the eighties was very successful in Germany but little in the UK. (an example is Gazebo's piece "I Like Chopin") Both songs reached number 1 in Germany.

[@uteziemes5633]

If you fell in love with the original version from 1979, the two versions from 1992 seem extremely pathetic.

[@dpgth]

Also in Germany, it was very difficult in 1992 to find the KWS version of Please don´t go, after 2, 3 weeks. It was a boycott there and i hated the Double You version. Finally, for 16 DM (a double price for a CD Single) i bought after some search the KWS version.

[@danasaumane5446]

Modern Talking and Dieter Bolen were huge in Europe, I grew up listening to them

[@dreamdancer8212]

YOu can´t grow up in sanity and listen to Modern Talking and Dieter Bohlen. This excluses each other mutually.

[@susannesteinbock1639]

Hgr....The worst "musicians" ever. They wrote just one song with the quality of a Kindergarten song, and then they changed this song a little bit , and surprisingly they made hits.....And this happened in the country of Händel, Bach and all the other real musicians.

[@gelber_kaktus]

​@@susannesteinbock1639Not really, just the popular singles were chosen to sound similar to the prior. Still, other artists are doing similar things, e.g. Katy Perry and her Swedish songwriter Max Martin.

[@paulojrneto]

Scorpions's Still Loving You was only #14 in Germany? It was such a huge hit in so many countries, like France, Switzerland and Portugal.

[@mikekaraoke]

Well number 14 is obviously still a hit regardless, so I don't get your comment! If it got to number 38 I could see your point of saying was only! Confused!

[@paulojrneto]

@mikekaraoke Sure, it was still a hit, but given that it charted higher in multiple other countries, you'd think it had gone at least top 10 in their home country.

[@mikekaraoke]

@@paulojrneto I see, however I would of been a lot more concerned if it had been a flop in their native Germany to be honest🤷🏻‍♂ Where you from buddy, I'm in UK-England 🙂

[@giselasilva5415]

True, scorpions songs are known nation wide here in Portugal

[@christianoazzuro6711]

Btw let's not forget that it's not only which number it peaks but also total sales,album's sales in which a song was included in and it longevity through time.Sometimes some no1s can even sell far less than a top 10, not to mention it may get lost in time.Plus,that Rock bands usually managed better sales in LPs categories than in singles.

[@mikeauld9177]

Another interesting video. Looking forward to seeing ones with other countries and hoping there might be a "Hits in Ireland, Flops in UK" one at some stage.

[@thisbambibites]

"Maniac 2000", a Michael Sembello dance remix by Mark McCabe, spent TEN WEEKS at #1 in Ireland. It is almost completely unheard of in Britain.

[@mikeauld9177]

@@thisbambibites Missed the UK top 100 completely

[@thisbambibites]

@@mikeauld9177 Yeah I think it reached #137. It would probably have sold fairly well in the North of Ireland but not the rest of the UK.

[@gerhildkähs]

OMG TALK TALK 😊 super Song!!!😊

[@saskiacoolen9631]

Yeah, I don't get it either! I'm really surprised they didn't get that far in the UK as a British band. Let's say it in their own words: Such a shame! In the Netherlands they reached number 11 in the top 40. I really liked them back then as a 15 year old (I still do btw... 😊)

[@thisbambibites]

It was the KWS version of "Please Don't Go" that was a big hit in the UK, spending *five* weeks at #1.

[@johncady9780]

I am looking forward to part 2. Rammstein and Scooter both had hits in Germany that flopped in the UK.

[@HyperdriveTwo]

Scooter had a lot of UK hits in the late 90s and are very popular in the UK - they played many live dates in 2024 - I saw them 2 months ago in London - brilliant!

[@dahooliii]

@@HyperdriveTwo Yes, they had some chart hits in the 90s and 200s. "Ramp" was on #2 and got a Platinum Award.

[@Beckford4000]

Rose Laurens "Africa" #2 in Germany, I believe, didn't chart in the UK.

[@omcf]

And France Gall with "Elle e la"

[@Commodoreretro-programming]

So many great hits all over Europe but ignored in the UK.

[@ridbensdale]

I remember Adiemus never being off MTV Europe in '95. Such a brilliant piece of music.

[@onnasenshi7739]

On the other hand, there were also a lot of great songs from the UK that hardly got any attention in Germany. It would be interesting to see what we missed out on.

[@LukeXMV]

For example?

[@onnasenshi7739]

@@LukeXMV Then just take a look at the band “The Clash” If you want to know more, just ask Google

[@omcf]

@@LukeXMV Girls aloud is a good example ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_Aloud_discography#Singles )

[@hrillingday]

​@@LukeXMVyeke yeke mory kante, ntrance Set you free , leftfield Open Up , Belfast orbital,

[@PeterPan-dz7mu]

@@LukeXMV Adrian Gurvitz - Classic

[@oddoneoutinc]

I need this as a playlist on Spotify...😉

[@MrFirderis]

If you wanna have a 80s playlist on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2KxcnmefKl8j9k&pp=gAQB :)

[@philippemonteret5326]

Many of them are performed by German's bands (Scorpions, Sandra, Modern Talking...)

[@dorderre]

Basically everything from Anastacia, Jennifer Rush and Chris Rea was and is way more popular in Germany than UK/US.

[@yossarian6799]

Many of these were hits in South Africa as well. Toni Childs "Stop Your Fussin' was a hit there, as well as Germany and New Zealand, but flopped in the UK. Several German artists such as Peter Maffay, Tony Marshall and Michael Holm had English-language hits in the antipodes and Asia in the 1970s that were flops in the UK. Bruce and Bongo were Brits living in Germany who had the huge hit "Geil" in Germany in the 1980s. DJ Bobo had hits across the world, but only "Chihuahua" in the UK, reaching #36. Masterboy had hits across Europe, with several in the top 20, but none in the UK. Oh, and throw in Les Humphries Singers "Mama Loo".

[@patricksmusicvidz2611]

I guess the main reason is that all UK people understand the lyrics of each song 🥸🤓

[@publicminx]

nope, that was not the reason (and lets face it, most mainstream pop had no high literature quality anyway in every language (on the other hand, compared to many songs which are created today, especially hiphop, maybe it was ;)

[@danielvanr.8681]

2:58 This is the piece with which the Presentation School Choir of Kilkenny Elementary School (Ireland) auditioned in the 2016 running of Britain's Got Talent. 😊😊🍀🇮🇪

[@borntoclimb7116]

0:59 this was a pretty big hit

[@Jefff72]

Some of those were also hits in the US. I never heard of Modern Talking until I moved to Germany in '04. I surely never missed them as Dieter Bohlen's fist thing is so cheesy.

[@jemiee9493]

they are the biggest cringe trash from germany ever. The opposite of Kraftwerk.

[@trackstick]

Watching the video made me realise again why I preferred to drive 60km to Munich in the 1980s to pick up Melody Maker and NME from the international magazine shop at the main station. And why I went to the trouble of having a friend in London send me recordings of John Peel's programmes on cassette tapes.

[@tritont370]

any of these flops, today if they released again, in u.k, will be a hit..., 80´s music style, please come back,... excellent job,

[@bladerunner3314]

Nobody would accuse Britts to have ANY taste in music.

[@MMM18092]

Having lived in both Germany and the UK, it's pretty obvious the Brits have much better taste in music.

[@bladerunner3314]

@@MMM18092 Sure dude, sure. Have some more copeium.

[@MMM18092]

@@bladerunner3314 Next you'll tell me that Germany has better food than France.

[@bladerunner3314]

@@MMM18092 Well ... we don't eat snails ...

[@cwnbn3226]

Delusion ... your taste in music is what, Shirin David?

[@oscarvanschijndel4989]

Quite a number of German bands, so no surprise. 00:14 this was even No. 1 in the Netherlands. 00:28 "Still Loving You" was re-issued 1987 in NL and went Top 10. 00:43 British band. Cannot believe this was a flop in the UK. 00:57 idem 01:25 Swiss band, very versatile. This song deserved to be a hit. "The Rhythm Divine" is awesome. 01:45 Dutch band. They only recorded this song because they needed a hit, and they only performed it live because it was a hit and people were asking for it. Their regular repertoire is more like progrock. 02:21 KWS version was No. 1 in the UK. 02:30 (and on) Eurodance and Eurotechno did not do well in the UK. Probably because there was no need. The UK had the more soulful Britdance (Loveland, Opus III, Amos, Tony DiBart). 03:33 Dutch duo, similar to the Everly Brothers. 04:30 Depeche Mode had better chart performance in Germany than in their home country. Same for The Sweet and Smokie.

[@MajClanger]

German bands like The Scorpions or Rainbirds got little to no exposure in UK though. Having said that: Annie Nightingale did play the Rainbirds one once, and i nearly fell off my chair in surprise

[@MrEurominx]

Vangelis so amazing and AHA Foot of the mountain

[@axemanracing6222]

Seal - Amazing was Germany's "Next Top Model" theme once. The line "you're amazing now that you're clean" was so funny because a) models don't do drugs and b) this only works in Germany where noone understands lyrics.

[@ExplorHits]

Haha thanks for info! I was wondering how it became such a big hit for Seal in Germany And the lyrics are pretty crazy now that you put them in the context you provided :D

[@dahooliii]

Yes, in earlier times lot of hits have been created in Germany because it was a TV-Theme or in a TV-commercial-spot.

[@stellaVista]

I wonder why Amanda Lear didn´t chart in UK. Follow Me is such a timeless classic! Was she too camp for British audiences? (Germans usually don't "get" camp, so that might explain it.)

[@michellepeoplelikeyoumurde8373]

Rolling Stones did a number abot her/ him in the 1960s Amanda Jones

[@pavloa.i.4487]

The fact that London-based Shakatak was underrated in the UK made me feel truly sad

[@omcf]

Shakatak had several hits in UK including 2 top 10 hits (Down on the street and Night Birds) and 2 top 15 (Easier said than done and Dark is the night). They had 2 top 20 hits in Germany ("Down on the street" and "Mr Manic and Sister Cool")

[@publicminx]

there are sometimes bands from a country which have more success in other countries. I think Barclay James Harvest (despite being known in Uk) had more success in Germany and other parts of Europe around. Not sure about ELO. One has to keep in mind that such kind of bands have to be measured in a bit different ways, because in difference to some one time hits, they were more ingrained also in certain subculture-'mainstreams' which then could give popularity over a longer time (even if not reaching the highest chart rankings)

[@DalstonKingsland]

Mr Manic And Sister Cool did get a fair amount of airplay in the UK, but for some reason it didn't get to the Top 40.

[@IntyMichael]

Lots of German, US and from other European countries artists. They don’t get accepted so easily on the UK market.

[@Atheist2006]

@ExploreHits You have certainly heard of the _Ultimate Chart Show_ by RTL. In 2012, they broadcast the episode „Songs that have peaked at #1 on the German, British and American single charts“. Would you mind coming forward to continue that list? 🥺

[@bjrnbjr5562]

Richard Clayderman Ballade pour Adeline No entry in UK speaks for the Bad taste of them

[@pigimiss6577]

rainbirds - blueprint 🤩

[@Eichward_SKV]

Well scorpions is a german group, same for Kraftwerk. And many of this eurotrance artists/songs were produced by germans. I don't know how big eurotrance was in the UK, but in Germany or also in the Netherlands eurotrance was big. Artists like Marusha, Dr. Alban etc.

[@MrMiroiii]

Ice MC-Easy-GER 3-UK 115 Etienne by Guesch Patti-GER 9-UK 125 Dj BoBo-Somebody dance with me-GER 4-released in UK,skips UK 200 Dr. Alban-No coke-GER 3-UK 84(first UK top 100 for the doctor) Amanda Lear-Blood and honey GER 12-charted in UK

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

Germany had taste

[@wiwikijk1606]

Most of those were hits in France as well

[@ExplorHits]

I'll make a video about France as well (with different songs ofc)

[@hrillingday]

Alsace people are german 😂

[@erik5374]

The Scorpions, Alan Parsons project and Talk Talk could have been in the NL UK list as well. And of course Luv &Blue Diamonds too

[@MrMeowMeowMeow]

Woooo! Kraftwerk mentioned!

[@ChrisTian-rm7zm]

Many of these songs were written or produced in Germany or by other non-native English speakers. I can understand that the ‘English’ lyrics of groups like Modern Talking or Camouflage were simply too cringe-worthy for native English speakers.

[@Swammy68]

ok if this Correct i knew about english Singers can´t win the European Song Contest....

[@acmenipponair]

@@Swammy68 Well, it's a huge rivalry between Germany and the UK for the most last places in the ESC and we Germans are nowadays winning that contest

[@publicminx]

@Christian: no, that something sounds cringe was basically never the reason. thats rather a German (or likeminded) projection. And because of that, much more 'cringe' sounds had a lot of success. it simply doesnt matter - just like in Germany it didnt matter if there was an italian, spanish or any other accent. Apart from that, German-English, Dutch-English, Swedish-English etc. sound usually relatively neutral to native English speakers. Just in case you didnt notice. Keep also in mind that native English countries are already since a longer time used to all kind of English from all kind of migrants or other countries English. Again, no wrong projections!

[@ThomasGOAL]

Talk Talk 49th 😳 such a shame...

[@tremere26]

Most of these were also a hit in the Netherlands. Pretty bizarre for me that they were flops in the UK.

[@ddjr6673]

Where’s the mighty Hoff? David Hasselhoff?

[@ExplorHits]

You can find him in the 'No'1 Germany, a Flop In The UK' video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2G0hHyraK-on5o

[@ddjr6673]

@ I will! And I love your channel - I have to catch up on some of your videos - I always enjoy them so much - thank you for brightening my viewing!

[@Altenholz]

Partly a little bit shocked.

[@ulliulli]

Wow... guess growing up in the UK was miserable when most of these hits weren't successful over there

[@MrMiroiii]

1998 Pulverturm by Niels Van Gogh-GER 19-UK 75 2000 Turn the tide by Sylver-GER 2-UK 56 1980 You're O.K.by Ottawan-GER 17-UK 56 1979 Sun of Jamaica by Goombay Dance band-GER 1-UK 50 1982 Ooh Shooby Doo Doo Lang by Aneka-GER 18-UK 88(unofficial) 1983 Džuli (Julie) by Daniel-GER 13-UK 107 1981 Der Kommissar-Falco GER 1-Uk 81(unofficial) 1992 I wanna be a Kennedy-U96-Ger 4-UK 77 1979 Frank Mills-Music box dancer-GER 12-charted in UK-position ??? 1991 James Brown is dead by L.A.Style-GER 6-UK 77 1979 Dschinghis Khan by Dschinghis Khan -GER 1-charted in UK-position??? 1978 Trojan horse by Luv-GER 3-charted in UK-position ??? 1984 My Soul Unwraps Tonight by Savage Progress-GER 14-UK 125 1984 Self control by RAF-GER 2-UK 116 1984 Slice me nice by Fancy-GER 11-UK 119 1987 Electrica salsa by OFF-GER 3-UK 86(total 47 weeks in UK chart) 1997 Rescue me by Bell,Book & Candle-GER 3-UK 63 1987 City lights by William Pitt-GER 15-UK 94 1983 Passion by The Flirts-GER 4-UK 188 1999 Bla Bla Bla by Gigi D'Agostino-GER 4-UK 87 1992 Everytime we touch by Maggie Reilly-GER 16-UK 99 1992 Don't be aggressive by Sandra-GER 17-UK 82 1983 I Like Chopin by Gazebo-GER 1-UK 153 1990 What's a Woman?by Vaya Con Dios-GER 11-UK 182 1990 Hello Afrika Dr. Alban featuring Leila K.-GER 2-UK 146 2001 Daylight In Your Eyes -No Angels-GER 1-UK 89 1983 Sunshine reggae-Laid Back-GER 1-UK 127 1986 Touch by touch by Joy-GER 18-UK 106(my favorite UK chart flop in 80s,also hit #1 in austrian hitparade) 1983 Vamos A La Playa-Righeira GER 3-UK 53 1986 Jeanny-Falco-GER 1-UK 68 1998 Narcotic by Liquido-GER 3-UK 129 1993 Love sees no colour-U96-GER 6-UK 84 1984 Talking In Your Sleep -The Romantics-GER 18-UK 116

[@1.SkiAggu_FanClub]

Alphaville, Nena, Nicole y Trio made it in Great Britain. Also Modern Talking with Brother Louie. And last but not least Falco RIP 🙏🏻

[@careottjuice]

Can you do Hits in the UK, flops in Germany, or would it be embarrassing 😭

[@ExplorHits]

I will check and see :D

[@rotheryberlin7772]

So many British bands with songs they didn't successful in Britain? That makes me wonder why. First of all Germany is Depeche Mode country. They composing a song and were on the top of charts.😂

[@publicminx]

actually especially the Gothic scene in Germany (and I guess some likeminded countries) had especially in the 90ties and early 2000 Depeche Mode as default loop ;)

[@balazs8330]

Where is the Hoff wirh 'Crazy for you'??!!!

[@fabb4i2]

Okay, but what were the Brits listening then when it apparently wasn't some of the biggest hits of their time?

[@OnlyGoodMusic_]

The most famous song in this video is the one by Kiss, which reached #50 in the UK on July 7, 1979. That week in the UK, the #1 song was infinitely better, more innovative, and previewing what the 80s would sound like: "Are Friends Electric?" by Tubeway Army. At #2 was "Up The Junction" by Squeeze, a great New Wave/Power Pop song with a jangly sound.

[@gnu_andrew]

Much better stuff.

[@gregorhi2]

It would have been interesting to show which song was at the same spot in the UK for a direct comparison of the music taste. Also, not surprising that early 90s Eurodance wasn't successful in the UK. Most songs were just after a quick success and then to be replaced by another clone rather than getting extensibve promotion.

[@Akabei01]

I'm waiting for 'Hits in Uganda, Flops in Paraguay'

[@ExplorHits]

lmao :D With all jokes aside I wish I could find old charts from these countries.

[@publicminx]

hits in South Korea, Flops in North Korea. Hits in Vatikan, Flops in Afghanistan ;)

[@ExplorHits]

@@publicminx 😂

[@corgiGY]

The Germans do seem to like music in a minor key.

[@acmenipponair]

Still better than TOTP hosts liking the minors in music...

[@publicminx]

you mean Germans and a huge part of the world (which know most of those songs)

[@Lapki987]

Много классной музыки. И по фигу, что британцы не оценили.

[@dereifeler2888]

Es gibt viele gegenteile. Fairytale of New York von Pogues ist der Weihnachtshit und jedes Jahr in England in den Top 10 zu finden. In Deutschland findet dieses hervorragende Lied leider kaum Beachtung und kommt in den ginteren Plätzen der Charts nur 1-2 Wochen in Deutschland rein.

[@dahooliii]

Die Popularität der Pogues ist in UK deutlich größer als in Deutschland. Bei The Smiths, Oasis oder Blur ist es ähnlich. Ein extremes Gegenteil bei DE ist ja das deutsche Danceprojekt "Sash" die haben einige Top 10 Hits in UK während es in Deutschland nur für "Ecuador" in den Top 10 gereicht hat.

[@Damian-sn2sx]

Many of Modern Talking hits didn't entry the UK chart. I guess you forgot CC Catch On The Backseat of my Cadillac and Blumchen

[@HyperdriveTwo]

Only 1 UK hit for Modern Talking ever, Brother Louis of course!

[@PolarbearKA]

and rightly so. Modern Talking was the only band in Germany entered the top of the charts five times with the same song. you're my heart you're my soul brother louie you can win if you want cheri cheri lady atlantis is calling geronimo's cadillac at 3 no other country can be so stupid.

[@Frengerxxx]

​@@PolarbearKA Modern Talking ever was garbage! From UK comes from early 1980ies 'til middle 1980ies very much of the best pop music ever. In these era in Germany charted the top10 for examples: Vader Abraham&Die Schlümpfe, Mike Krüger, Gottlieb Wendehals....and so on! All Nonsense 'Music'! And non important things like Modern Talking, Sandra, CC Catch or boring american Mainstream Music ("Classic Rock"). In Germany always was the musical taste very different or strange!

[@christophpreuss3058]

Interesting compilation, but I think since it´s the pre-streaming era you´ll have to consider that you had to ship vinyl records into the stores. I guess a lot of songs in the early years weren´t released in the UK (like Camouflage or the Rainbirds songs).

[@ExplorHits]

I've included only songs that received a full single release: 7'', 12'' and promo in the 70s and 80s and CD single in the 90s. I'm ignoring songs that had limited release.

[@christophpreuss3058]

@@ExplorHits Ok, well done then 👍 Great research.

[@johnvanberkom7157]

I gues the englishman has no taste!

[@QuoPaperPlane]

The Eurovision 'poppy' stuff has always gone down better in Germany than here. Most of these I'd too embarrased to be around if they were played.

[@ArmandoBellagio]

With many German singers I'm not surprised when they didn't reach high positions or weren't released in the UK. Different with famous British/American etc. artists. Guess there were other songs topping the UK charts back then...

[@dahooliii]

You don't have to forget that the promo was different from one country to the other. Some songs were a TV-Theme in one country or in a TV-commercial-spot or sometimes the impact of a live performance in a TV Show could have a big inpact in the charts of the countries.

[@patrickhoveling]

Omfg. Wtf. They missed out in the uk

[@moniko7275]

well modern talking is a gernman duo so its no surprise that it flopped in the UK

[@dahooliii]

I'm confused about that the Rainbirds are in this list. They are German and outside of Germany they are unknown and it was a one Hit Wonder in Germany.

[@ExplorHits]

The single had a UK release as well

[@takhlahr4120]

Honestly, I did expect much more eurodance and rave songs from the 90s.

[@careottjuice]

They played them in the clubs, not on the radio. Even now, you hardly hear eurodance or rave on the radio. The only songs they will play are Rhythm is a dancer, rhythm of my life and Mr. Raider. That's it.

[@vjfocus]

Wow Top!

[@DrRobotnikPingas]

I think Go West - Call Me is missing

[@weind-kp1gu]

Very good video! Wish you succes in 2025

[@TantOnTrack]

There’s a reason why Germany ranks among the top 3 music markets in the world. That’s why so many bands, including those from the UK, aim to make it big on the German charts. At least 30 years ago… I believe now the UK ranks higher than Germany.

[@publicminx]

Germany is still the bigger market. More people and richer people right in the center of Europe which is also influencing all of its neighbors and so on.

[@Modellbaustammtisch]

Don't forget the Beatles. Their career began in Hamburg/Germany 😊

[@danielvilela7139]

Robin Gibb - Juliet had 4 or 5 weeks at no.1 in germany

[@karlmall]

What about the song _"Holiday"_ by "The Other Ones" from 1987?

[@DECKER1982]

I'm british and I know some of these songs .

[@publicminx]

maybe you have German origins? - and I dont talk about the Anglen and Saxons back then ;) ... but serious: a bad or no Chart ranking did not automatically mean that one could not listen to songs in radio/TV, at friends, clubs - or at a vacation spot in another country. And especially if one liked certain bands then most songs of an album (sometimes no song) were never in charts - but known to a certain bubble, sometimes even famous without charts to a mainstream due to other ways. Actually, if Germans and British were not that separated in for instance Mallorca then many hits might have been more shared ;)

[@ruebeprojekt]

Gibt es auch Hits die i9n UK Hits waren und in Germany Flops waren?

[@gavbass27]

Send me an Angel by Real Life?

[@FrankGebauer-v8i]

Ja ok, manche Plazierungen in D hätten bei mir auch ein NO bekommen. Genauso waren NO Bewertungen in UK eigentlcich Superhits.

[@publicminx]

das laesst sich ueber alle Charts aller Laender sagen. Individueller Geschmack ist halt unterschiedlich. Allerdings ist es durchaus realistisch zu sagen, dass die Songs seinerzeit ikonischer waren als die meisten heutigen (weshalb die seinerzeitigen auch weit mehr Referenzen aller Art haben)

[@Wikinger13]

Alles, was eine Plazierung hat, und sei sie auch noch so niedrig, ist kein Flop.

[@ExplorHits]

If that was true then record companies wouldn't drop off any artists from their labels, but that's not the reality of how success is measured.

[@jdchanomendoza8776]

El intro como lo encuentro

[@Seanygee]

So thats where Scooter got the sample for Weekend from? TIL

[@acmenipponair]

You can see on the Scooter discography page in the wikipedia, what songs they got their samples from. In the end Hyper Hyper is the only major Hit they had where they didn't took stuff :D

[@lancekerslake2488]

Germany has some bizarre tastes in music. Im surprised some of these weren't hits in UK

[@MrMiroiii]

3 great tracks very close to UK 100 Scorpions went to 101 Yello went to 109 Animotion went to 105.

[@thodosy]

And was it not because majority of the bands originated from Germany or other european countries (Italy, Greece, Netherland, France) and the british music stage was conservative?

[@gordonpi8674]

You missed bad boys blue.

[@michaelagruber2532]

Schon krass die Unterschiede zu sehen. Aber man weiß nun nicht wie es dazu kam ...falsche PR oder wirklich ein anderer Geschmack.

[@fatimasantos7551]

Como os alemães são ecléticos , isso é tão legal

[@SamsSongs]

seal❤

[@klausm.55]

The English people just understand the lyrics of the songs.

[@publicminx]

you both are wrong. first of all, those tracks are not shit and basically none of those had a better versions in UK. thats just bullshit. Secondly: its usually irrelevant if lyrics are understood or not. And the lyrics of most songs in all countries are no high literature. Means: thats also just bullshit. Typical wrong projections. A real difference is that Germany was and is the biggest economy right in the center of Europe (and it was most of the time travel master - likeminded countries around similar) with masses of borders to all kind of countries around. This means it had more relations to Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, even to the cold war separated East - and so on. This means you had all the time a much higher traffic and fluctuation of all kind of people. For instance: masses of Germans and likeminded around travel to Italy and bring back an Italian hit and/or influence a German hit there. Similar in Spain (for instance via Mallorca and co). Similar in Greek and so on... Thats why you had much earlier in Germany are more multicultural song variation and all kind of accents were common - as well as also singing in English. There is a bit more homogenization between most European countries with Germany than with UK (except one of the many famous UK bands with international reputation - but also here are sometimes detail differences. Barclay James Harvest for instance had more success in Germany than UK). Another aspect is that Germany and its suburb countries is a much bigger market than UK which also means slightly different priorities regarding cooperation, marketing, timings, concerts etc. - UK was also more focused on the US/Canada/Australia and vice versa which also had a certain impact.

[@alistairrodgerfairbrother2479]

With Sandra's Everlasting Love it wasn't the original version that charted in the UK at #45 but the PWL Remix that did the original version charted lower in the UK charts

[@ExplorHits]

True, but It's a nightmare to deal with PWL material on KZbin, they block a lot of them so I just went on the regular version.

[@alistairrodgerfairbrother2479]

@ExplorHits yeah it doesn't help with Wikipedia either on that information as someone had changed it and put it all under the same version of charting

[@ExplorHits]

@@alistairrodgerfairbrother2479 yeah, for regular people that info doesn't change much, but for us It's like discovering a treasure 😅

[@alistairrodgerfairbrother2479]

@@ExplorHits I know right lol

[@Voex1966]

In U.K. they do not know what is music

[@olli2591]

Well, many of these are German artists, so not really much of a surprise.

[@michaelwelsch4100]

Das gleiche bitte nochmal umgekehrt .... aber aufs Kochen bezogen 🤣